Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-01-02

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lsft few gray hairs % naxk whess 4
hand had rested.
Il has besn yssF 81 psaos. II
spexa hes not baen beaten into -
pgsw shars nor the spear isto ths Drun
ine hook, bat tie enc hss sssssd Ia .
saabbArd and ths other has net bss'
plseed In rest Thoaah ths fSreea o
civilization bsvs CARED - ons aesths
over deserts and moassains. over river
and asaa, shsfs has bss1 no signal 70
tbs onaI saehi. aod she great stsuegl'
wkish & 20 oloss ths nIsstssnth csntafJ
has mot oommsneed. Throaeh alI 10
year asnusd thsasands have been RAGGED
ia line along ihs DAnabs, slong ths
Rhine, ai0ne sbs I'D 0xus add ths dis
TAFT AmooF, bat no shsss has TIE con
mand 70 move forward besu given
Scarce q gun bas bsss ased b. . soldisl
Of oce country against . soldisr d
another. The pear hAa been Of peace
Il has been . yeaF, 20. whoss hissos1
might Do wrsisn % fsv pa9eA TAs
onward movement toward that VareI
and higher ultimsts. slVil sAion. hal
not been Checked. Ths scientist be-
continued 70 combine the elements. u
sweep the heavens with his slass. and 70
sess ana trails tue fsrges Of earth and
air. The scholar has tarned the leaves
Of bis books. The poet has dreamed
his drssus. TIE .shllanthEspies 10
sisadiod the tEsmblina STEPS Of his
brother man. The Statesman has toiled
a. the task a which be has toilsd %
long. The politician has lAbosed for The
eradication Of bis ambition. The
mousy-muksF has adsed 70 bis hoard.
TIE spsndthrift hes saAttsssd hls aoid
abroad. The OhEistian has prayed.
The sinner hes sinDed. The traveller
has sped on over seas and beneath moan
tains. The explorer has piaTosd further
into the iuDgIss. further AMID the Ice.
further into The forest. in his ooasslesa
ssaFoh for the dreamed Of spo. at which
bis restless spirit shall osass 70 leap for
ward into The unknown. The thinker
has thought. Ths player has played.
Al have served Duty or Pleasure Is
thsy have served In other years. There
has bean no yade sbock-nothing 10 call
shla one from bis task and that ons from
bis sport. Tue ysar has passed, and
we're is not for thss hair which has = H.
tIe more decided tinee Of gray, that
step Whiek fAlieFs 3 litsls more, ID n
saild whose face begins 70 show she
sseEneF lines Of manhood, We should NOT
kaow that u had eome and aoRe.
Ia Great Britain, the frsl great battle
70. tbs casss q iassios fos Ireland hAs
bsea fought before The EnRlish people
and IL has been lost. History will pre-
serve a. the great series Of events Of the
year the esponsAl By GlAdssone Of sh'
olnas Of home rnie. the histeF electoral
,nteat which followed. the defeat Of ths
Rovesnmsnt. and the return Of The Con
ssfvAtises V povsE. ThsEs we're oshel
events. bat thsss. and those which
spsune from them, we're the most i'm
poFtAnk Except for shis experiences
tas England OF today is she Enelans
watch greeted 1856. There has been nc
elange, noshinR 70 thEov The ihoaghtl
Of men out Of she ordinary groove. moth
ing 10 make the year memorshle a. ths
year OF great rsform. or Of the ooa
summation Of great movement. There
have been minor events Of seeming i'm
persance. Intamy and Disgrace have
ben showeFsd UPON the head sf onr
Who gave promise Of bsiae Que % TIE
trusat aud greatest leaders Of the peo
PIE. until be has been crashed 10 ID;
elFth beneath The weight. The name o.
one Of Bdsaine psOudesi families BAL
bsen lralled 10 the Iilsh Of scandal. Bal
these we're passing svsnta. and they
were OF importance bat for q day.
Memory viii sOOa blot them from hsr
tablets. aud history vii never snasI
them In her great vslnms.
In France. the ooasse Of gevernmsut
hAs besa sqaAlly smooth. Only tue
few cabinet crises. without which 4
French year is ineempisss. have marked
tha progress Of politioal thought. Per.
laps the Rrsat svcat Of the year hal
been The sudden Siss Of Boalanges froa
ooeoaFity 10 q position Of psver aud In,
auenoe grsalsr taAn that Of any Of the
elder leaders 81 Rfsneh lhoa9hG Hts
pOlisy IL policy Of revenge. bis cry ls
eAasAi from the dyine ssas Of Can
sestism. aud his votes is tae voice Of he
aspirations u France. His pFomlasnos
bodss IA for ths peace Of The world,
bat II the plans with Which be 10 Erred.
lied are really bis. be syiasntly believes
thai ths tsms 10 not yea Eipe. for be has
alloSed The yseF V paas without iAs
ioag sxpeo.sd move lesasd The Relna.
IL Belgium. ths year was marked By
= soFies Of dsFss and Desperate lab 2
riots, vhieh the ROvsgnmeui qaalled
ealy vita tae greatest difasaiay. Ia
DSnmafk, ths long eontiansi struggle
between King usFiaaiAa aaa bis sssraa-
tory ParIiamena Aas eoaiinaed. and
Psemisr Essrupp. ths sAaas Of all The
ela snsiea. has held ,As position Seisa
the people 80 Ardsstly desire hin %
vasasa. In Norway aad Sweden, wAsse
for half osatufy have besu s5antries
Almost withaoa history. tAe rear haa
pissed ~ aAsSenifally ~ shsss which
presided IL.
InaeFmsny, also. there hAa hsen lisii,
shlnee. In sAs slsasng wssks Of ~
year Bismarck has had contest viii
an snasaAtly hitisr ana snyisidipR 90
position IN the Rsishatag. the resali q
which 10 yes uncertain. but there 10 lilals
dlo6t thai shs irua Chaaesllos wsli b
allowed 10 have bis wAy 10 thiS ns b
hassO otaea before heea allowed 70 haxs